Stories for December 2007

Monday, December 31

Taking advantage of irrigation water being shut off in the Lower Valley, both the Sunnyside Valley Irrigation District and the Roza Irrigation District are using this time to make improvements to their existing canals and perform maintenance.

SHORELINE - The Sunnyside Christian High School boys basketball team captured the Oak Leaf Classic at Shoreline Christian this past Friday with a 57-31 thumping of Rainier Christian High School in the tourney championship game.

Friday, December 28

SEATTLE - Sunnyside Christian abandoned its zone defense yesterday and switched back to man-coverage in the fourth quarter. The end result was a 49-46 victory over Bellevue Christian in the opening round of a holiday hoop tournament hosted by Shoreline Christian High School.

SEATTLE - Unable to break Napavine's 1-2-2 full-court press, the Mabton High School girls basketball team fell to the Tigers, 50-44, yesterday afternoon in the finals of a holiday hoop tournament hosted by Seattle Christian High School.

WESTON BORRESON

CONRAD CAVAZOS

SHORELINE - It was over almost as soon as it began, as the 1B Sunnyside Christian High School boys basketball team rolled to a 74-32 romp last night over Northwest High School of Seattle, a 1A private school.

SEATTLE - Ana Jimenez and Trishi Williams together shoved in 30 points to lead Mabton to a 38-23 halftime lead. From there the Lady Viking basketball team coasted to a 66-42 victory over Cedar Park Christian.

Anna M. Young

About four years ago, Dairy Fair Manager Tami Silva looked at Karen Friend and said, "You'd make a perfect Mrs. Claus." After all, Friend is gifted with naturally gorgeous grey hair, and she even wears glasses. All she needed was a Mrs. Claus outfit.

The Sunnyside Seventh Day Adventist Church on Lincoln Avenue in Sunnyside had a living nativity for the public to enjoy recently. There was three scenes for the public to enjoy, a campsite with the tree wisemen, the manger scene and a scene with the inn-keeper telling everyone the inn is full.

EARL MANLEY PADELFORD

The Sunnyside School District will ask voters on Feb. 19, 2008 to consider extending a maintenance and operations levy already on the books for another four years. That's according to a measure passed last night by the Sunnyside School Board.

GRANDVIEW - The Grandview High School girls basketball team shocked Ellensburg with a 17-11 first quarter run. But it was the visiting Bulldogs who held the final upper hand as their all-everything player Kayla Standish poured in 27 points in a 64-48 win over Grandview.

Monday, December 17

MABTON - Off to one of its best starts ever, the Bickleton High School varsity boys basketball team remained unbeaten on the season by claiming a 52-48 decision against Mabton's JV this past Saturday afternoon.

With the Lower Valley experiencing early snowfall for the first time in a few years and experts calling for a wet winter, the cities of Sunnyside and Grandview have prepared themselves to keep the roads safe.

Sunnyside's Dr. Jack Hale, an eye physician, was recognized this past Wednesday by the Mid-Valley Providers Consortium for his efforts in helping give the gift of sight to Artz-Fox Elementary School student Ivan Torres.

Thursday, December 13

BERYL NADINE YONKIE GALLAWAY

Construction on the remodeling and expansion of the emergency department at Sunnyside Community Hospital finished Tuesday of this week and an open house was held last night to celebrate the completion.

RICHLAND - A pair of Lower Yakima Valley bowlers who for numerous years have called Sunnyside's Valley Lanes their home away from home, collected top honors last Sunday at a Central Washington doubles tournament hosted by Richland's Atomic Bowl.

For three quarters during last night's basketball game with the Selah Vikings the Sunnyside High School girls basketball team played great basketball. Unfortunately, a basketball game is four quarters long.

Apparently the customer is no longer always right

Sunnyside Firefighter Josh Roe, acting in capacity as president of the International Association of Firefighters Local 3542, addressed the city council at last Monday's meeting about the proposed freeze in the cost of living allowance for firefighters.

The Sunnyside Noon Rotary Club slipped off their service club hats and exchanged them with those of the Sunnyside School Board in a little exercise arranged by Sunnyside School Superintendent Dr. Rick Cole on Monday.

The Sunnyside High School leadership class has adopted all fifth graders in the school district in an effort to open their eyes to alcohol and drug use. Surprisingly, the fifth graders know much more about those evils than the prep students thought they would.

It's WASL time

YAKIMA - Shorthanded due to injuries and other issues, the Sunnyside High School wrestling team last night still put up a battle in 48-20 and 34-31 losses to 4A schools Moses Lake and Pasco, respectively.

Wednesday, December 5

A rough start last night against the Walla Walla Blue Devils made it difficult for the Sunnyside High School boys basketball team to dig themselves out of a hole. The Grizzlies' attempt fell short as Sunnyside lost its third straight game of the season, 68-41 to the visiting Blue Devils.

Thieving out of hand in Sunnyside

MABTON - An extremely effective box-and-one defense on Riverside Christian's Madison Hahn allowed the Mabton High School girls basketball team to claim a 56-47 victory in the Lady Vikings' season opener last night.